Harbour College

Every child is different. The heterogeneous nature of personal development is perhaps most visible during the adolescent phase of the children. This is the period characterised by discovery, and the other side of the coin – uncertainty. They want independence, but they are dependent. They want capability, but are not yet experts. They desire social acceptance, but are often awkward and unsure of themselves.

These dissonances seem to be more evident with current adolescents than ever, with unprecedented levels of anxiety, learning challenges, and mental and social difficulties that are impacting daily functions of our young adults. For some, traditional school environment (where they spend the majority of their waking hours) does little create positive influence.

We believe that these students need close, consistent, and individual guidance, with same stable adults who are not afraid of creating and maintaining genuine long-term personal connection. Harbour College at Browns Bay offers this in a consolidated environment with the most dedicated teachers, to allow students to find self-centredness, and learn to relate to others in healthy way.

Despite the claims of social media platforms on how “connected” we are, the modern adolescents are experiencing unprecedented sense of isolation and anxiety.

Schools are thus now more important than ever to be the “village” that families may rely on in order to give the children genuine connections that they need in order to navigate their growth into adulthood.

One of the missions of Harbour College is to be the village for those who are experiencing difficulties in mainstream education. This might present as social difficulties, isolation, symptoms of depression, ASD, OSD, and most commonly, anxiety. The teachers at Harbour College carefully observe behaviours of students during classes and social interactions (even during breaks), gathering real-world information. From this we build Individualised Plans, and by ensure that plans do result in desired outcomes.

Individual Plans are communicated with students and parents. These may be anything from how to alter teaching/learning style in the class, to building transitional timetables to improve attendance, to what to focus on in social interactions with peers.